Poll: What's Your Favorite Style of Pizza?

What's Your Favorite Style of Pizza?

Having spent some serious time in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, I've had my share of love affairs with all kinds of pizza, from the giant, thin pies at Grimaldi's in Brooklyn to the sausage-stuffed deep dish at Giordano's to the organic, local ingredient-laden, egg-topped variety at Alice Waters's Chez Panisse. But if I had to choose, my favorite type of pie would be the one made in the ethereal Neapolitan style. It has a crisp, ever-so-slightly charred exterior and a chewy but light interior. In San Francisco, the best of this kind is found at A16. What's your choice pizza?

di fara's in brooklyn is the best pizza in the world...but i still love ny style and neapolitan style pizza equally. i hate chicago style pizza and i have no clue what california pizza is & ive lived here all my life.

i've never had better pizza than what i've eaten in naples. leave naples and the pizza changes dramatically. roman style pizza, for example, is much thinner and crisper and the cheese is put on more evenly. i'm actually going to naples this weekend pretty much so that i can eat pizza like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/90465639@N00/4027597856/

I guess Neapolitan because I like think crust the best. Isn't NYC style pizza also thin crust? And what exactly is California pizza style? I lived in California for two years and my only conclusion is that CA pizza is gross.
Also, I agree with those who said Italian pizza is the best - I had the most amazing pizza in Rome, exactly the way Anonymous described it. Fresh buffalo mozzarella. Thin crust, light sauce, basil leaf. I think it also had grape tomatoes on it. Oh man, it was phenomenal.

i agree with lauren.
the majority of the time i like neopolitan or nyc. but at least once i year, i just have to hit up giordanos in chicago. nothing like eating a days worth of calories in one "slice" yum.

I'm a New Yorker and I love my NY pizza and suffered for 4 years of eating Domino's and Papa John's when I was in college in DC. But, I also studied abroad and went to Italy and I totally loved the pizza that I got there and ate pretty much every day. Yumm...I would love to go back and get me some of that!

Neapolitan! I want my crust thin and crispy like a cracker, slightly singed on the outer crust.
Restaurants that offer Neapolitan style also tend to use higher quality ingredients (like fresh mozzarella and home made sauce) so the pizzas are less greasy. All that grease on the top of the pizza, it's from cheap cheeses that separate and canned sauce.

Yum, I will have to try to look it up or remember what it's called. It's on either the Travel Channel or the Food Network and they go through a brief history of pizza in each city and show the most noted restaurants from each city. Just to warn you, it will really make you want pizza!